"Northern Ireland remains sectarian and without political leadership"
This article is about the Norethern Ireland-wide protest over Belfast city council's decision to only fly the union flag on designated days, rather than all year round. This protest took place in December of 2012. There was mass chaos in East Belfast during the protest. The author is voicing his opinions on the politicians in Ireland. He says they have no strategy, and no plan, to bring about a true post-conflict society. He claims that the political leaders are showing a lack of leadership and they should be doing more to end the protest.
I think the events that were happing during the protest are terrible. There were bombs being thrown into cars and large groups of people strating to get violent. I think that the issue of flying the flag is not serious enough to have such a large protest going on. I think that the political leaders should do mor to diffuse the situation. They should be trying to stop the problem instead of ignoring it.
The article ties into the political life of the country because the protest is happening due to the city council's decision to restrict the number of days the union flag flies over the city hall. It also ties in with politics because citizens were angry because they did not think that the politicians were doing all that they could to help the situation.
Author: Adam McGibbon
Date of Article: December 14, 2012
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I think the events that were happing during the protest are terrible. There were bombs being thrown into cars and large groups of people strating to get violent. I think that the issue of flying the flag is not serious enough to have such a large protest going on. I think that the political leaders should do mor to diffuse the situation. They should be trying to stop the problem instead of ignoring it.
The article ties into the political life of the country because the protest is happening due to the city council's decision to restrict the number of days the union flag flies over the city hall. It also ties in with politics because citizens were angry because they did not think that the politicians were doing all that they could to help the situation.
Author: Adam McGibbon
Date of Article: December 14, 2012
Click here to read this article